KANANASKIS, Alta. — A solo climber has died in an avalanche on a mountain west of Calgary.

Kananaskis Country Public Safety officials say they responded to a fatal avalanche on Tuesday.

Officials say the person who died was climbing Mt. Lawson alone without equipment.

The person made the summit but triggered an avalanche on the way down.

The safety office says cold, wet weather deposited up to 40 centimetres of snow through much of the area over the long weekend.

The name of the person who died was not released.

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Members of the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1RCHA) put a 105mm Howitzer in position at Rogers Pass, B.C. on March 4, 2015. Parks Canada operates the largest mobile avalanche control program in the world.

Canadian soldiers are stationed in Rogers Pass throughout the winter season. Under the direction of Parks Canada's avalanche forecasters, soldiers bombard known trigger zones high up on the avalanche paths.

Danyelle Magnan, an avalanche technician with Parks Canada, walks through the Rogers Pass snow study plot on March 4, 2015.

Parks Canada monitors and evaluates snow conditions at two snow study plots, one located at the Rogers Pass summit at 1,315 metres and another on Mount Fidelity at 1,905 metres, twice a day.